NEW DELHI: Criticised by the Supreme Court as a “caged parrot” of its masters, CBI Director Ranjit Sinha on May 9 said whatever the apex court stated was correct. Asked about the scathing remarks of […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Law Minister Ashwani Kumar, who is under attack over vetting of CBI probe report on coal blocks allocation scam, on May 9 went to the Prime Minister’s Office, triggering speculation that he […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): The Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) has sought a detailed report from the CBI over the Centre’s interference in its investigation into the coal blocks allocation scam. The CBI has also been asked […]
NEW DELHI (TIP) Actor Sanjay Dutt will have to surrender by May 16 to serve his remaining 42 months jail term in the 1993 Mumbai blasts case as the Supreme Court on Friday rejected his […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): India has set the ball rolling for another mega defence deal by floating the global tender for over Rs 13,000-crore acquisition of 56 transport aircraft to replace the ageing Avro fleet of […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): A Delhi court on May 9 awarded life imprisonment to three of the five convicts in a 29- year-old case relating to 1984 anti-Sikh riots. District and sessions judge JR Aryan pronounced […]
“India’s unity and diversity are like the colours of a rainbow. If one were removed, its charm and beauty would be diminished”. – SHAHEED NANAK SINGH. NEW DELHI (TIP): The 6th Shaheed Nanak Singh Memorial […]
JAMMU: A Pakistani prisoner Sanaullah serving a life term was attacked inside the high-security Kot Balwal jail by a fellow inmate this morning and his condition is stated to be serious, official sources said. It […]
AMRITSAR (TIP): Even as autopsy of Sarabjit Singh’s body was conducted at Patti hospital in Amritsar to ascertain the cause of death and to cross-check the claims of Pakistan over the same and the time […]
Q. Can you tell us a few high and low points of your career in Foreign Service so far? I joined the Indian Foreign Service 35 years ago. We were young then. We didn’t realize […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): In support of the Sikh community’s protests over the acquittal of Congress leader Sajjan Kumar in a 1984 anti-Sikh riots case, Arvind Kejriwal’s Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on May 3 joined the […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Both houses of parliament were on May 3 adjourned till noon as the BJP persisted with its demand for Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s resignation over irregularities in the allocation of coal blocks. […]
SINGAPORE (TIP): Five members of an Indian origin family were killed and one was seriously injured when the car they were travelling in rammed into the iron pillar of a signpost on the North-South Expressway […]
BANGALORE (TIP): With just 60 hours left for the big day, Congress president Sonia Gandhi on May 2 quickened the pace of campaigning by attacking the BJP for the near-collapse of Karnataka and said her […]
CHENNAI (TIP): More than 6,500 Indians are living an uncertain life in prisons in 80 foreign countries, half of them in three Gulf countries. The Gulf countries have the largest number of Indian prisoners, with […]
MUMBAI (TIP): Two Air India pilots put the lives of 166 passengers on a Bangkok- Delhi flight in danger by taking a 40-minute break from the cockpit and getting two stewardesses to operate the plane […]
DHAKA (TIP): The death toll from the past week’s collapse of a garment factory complex in Bangladesh passed 500 on May 3 as the country’s prime minister said Western retailers had to share some of […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): The Supreme Court today questioned the government’s decision to provide state security to billionaire businessman Mukesh Ambani. The government had agreed to provide Mukesh Ambani with toplevel security cover following threats to […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): India will retaliate massively even if Pakistan uses tactical nuclear weapons against it. With Pakistan developing “tactical” nuclear warheads, that is, miniaturizing its weapons to be carried on short-range missiles, India will […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Scores of angry Sikh groups, waving placards and shouting slogans, blocked a busy road and disrupted the Metro service for a few hours to express their outrage over the acquittal of Congress […]
Gwyneth Paltrow, who was voted as the most hated celebrity last week, has now been named as the world’s most beautiful woman. The 40-year-old actress topped People magazine’s annual list, with actress Kerry Washington coming […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): The “acne” — as foreign minister Salman khurshid described it — could well turn into a deep scar on India’s face, with the Chinese reinforcing their position across the Line of Actual […]
CHENNAI (TIP): Four states account for nearly half of the country’s dalit population, reveals the 2011 census. Uttar Pradesh stands first with 20.5% of the total scheduled caste (SC) population, followed by West Bengal with […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Differences over what constitutes as a woman’s right to her marital property in case of a divorce forced the Union Cabinet to refer the Marriage Laws (Amendment) Bill to a Group of […]
NEW DELH (TIP)I: A third flag meeting to resolve the stand-off created by the April 15th Chinese incursion in Ladakh may be held on Friday, according to sources in the security establishment. The third meeting […]
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